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In early March 2013 over 16,000 dead pigs were found in the Shanghai Songjiang section of the Huangpu River, which supplies the city of Shanghai, China with some of its drinking water. [1] [2] The pigs were dumped by farmers in neighbouring Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, a major pig farming area that is upstream of Shanghai. [3] [4] [5] [6]
In March 2013, some 16,000 pig carcasses were found floating in the Huangpu River in Shanghai. [5] Some of the pigs carried ear tags saying they were from Jiaxing, so that city in Zhejiang may be the source; One news agency indicates that dead pigs are often dumped into rivers in China to avoid the disposal cost.
By March 2013, over 15,000 dead pigs had been found drifting down Huangpu River, [84] caused by a crack-down on illicit pig-trade in Zhejiang. As reported by Shanghaiist, local pork dealers would buy up dead meat unfit for sale, process it in illegal workshops, and then re-introduce the products into the legal market. [85]
Dead Pigs (Chinese: 海上浮城; literally "floating city on the sea") is a 2018 comedy drama film written and directed by Cathy Yan in her directorial feature film debut. It stars Vivian Wu , Haoyu Yang, Mason Lee , Meng Li, and David Rysdahl.
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UGA study at Savannah River Ecology Lab will help conservation groups better understand the behaviors and economic impact caused by wild pigs in Georgia.
The film was inspired by the 2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident, in which 16,000 dead pigs were found floating down the Huangpu River. [8] Funded by Chinese investors, Yan shot the dark comedy in Shanghai with a bilingual crew then completed the film in New York; director Jia Zhangke executive produced. [8]
Songjiang is a suburban district (formerly a county) of Shanghai.It has a land area of 605.64 km 2 (233.84 sq mi) and a population of 1,909,713 (). [1] [2] Owing to a long history, Songjiang is known as the cultural root of Shanghai.